Ghastly

[Guest]

I'd have to forego hospital treatment. I would get an Asbo for what I'd do with it -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15833704

[MrGongGong]

When I was in hospital I turned the sodding screen to the wall and got someone to bring me CDs of Messiaen's piano music and some ear defending headphones

[Lateralthinking1]

It is a bit like Fred West telling the frail and the vulnerable every five minutes to remember that the local church flower arrangers are extraordinarily good people.

[amateur51]

I'd have to forego hospital treatment. I would get an Asbo for what I'd do with it -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15833704

Truly appalling. All this and the prospect of getting MRSA too

[Mahlerei]

And we can't even 'get away from it all', as Thomas Cook is on the verge of collapse.

[Serial_Apologist]

I heard this story on Today. I thought it was some wind-up.

[handsomefortune]

perhaps the chaos of threatened institutions might just put the threat of murderous individuals into a new perspective on occasion - so yes, comparitively fred seems 'nice' (especially as he's no threat now).

meanwhile, being 'grateful to nurses', which andy apparently thought of, and recommends, hints that patients could do a lot more for themselves? maybe perform our own operations? of course, sending dear andy a donation, (a vital organ or two + cash) may 'help the nhs'? he can start a 'not for profit ha ha' org, just like his greedy, dishonest colleagues do.

i wonder what landsley's apparently been keeping secret ...and whether all will be revealed this week?

i'd operate on andy, i'm dead generous like that, even though i haven't got a clue what i'm doing medically! but when has amatuer status ever stopped landsley's continuing violation of the nhs? not for a nano second.

[scottycelt]

It's modern management for you whether political or corporate, public or private.

That patronising, insincere guff would be enough for me to completely lose the will to live if I were ever unfortunate enough to find myself in dock.

Don't these apparently brain-dead politicians and managers ever get the message ... ?

[Serial_Apologist]

i'd operate on andy, i'm dead generous like that, even though i haven't got a clue what i'm doing medically! but when has amatuer status ever stopped landsley's continuing violation of the nhs? not for a nano second.

That would lend new meaning to "cuts in the NHS"...

[Frances_iom]

Don't these apparently brain-dead politicians and managers ever get the message .

not whilst enough sheeple vote for them or buy the latest junk - mind you junk food salesmen can land up in charge of BBC R3

[scottycelt]

And we can't even 'get away from it all', as Thomas Cook is on the verge of collapse.

Yes, and only a couple of weeks ago it's own managers, apparently, had been reporting 'really good trading' ... ?

[handsomefortune]

the manager was perhaps quoting his pension and bankrupcy renumerations?

[mangerton]

Don't these apparently brain-dead politicians and managers ever get the message ... ?

I heard this Lansley nonsense on "Today" this morning. I also heard about this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15822333

Sir Christopher Kelly, Chairman of The Committee for Standards in Public Life (we could certainly do with some!) thinks it would be a Good Thing for taxpayers to contribute compulsorily to political parties.

Another haud-me-back idea.

So, no, scotty, these brain-dead politicians and managers never get the message. You could not make it up.

[Serial_Apologist]

the manager was perhaps quoting his pension and bankrupcy renumerations?

[french frank]

Laughter, the best medecine

'The former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn joked that Mr Lansley's hospital appearance was his "secret weapon" to cut hospital waiting lists.'


"Mark suffered major injuries to his brain and he was blind for four months after Hillsborough. He was in hospitals for several months and received visits from the Prince and Princess of Wales, as well as Margaret Thatcher. The day that the Prime Minister arrived at his bedside was a surreal experience. Mark recalled: “She said: ‘Is there anything I can do for you?’ and I thought it was someone joking or I was dreaming, so I said: ‘Give the people of Liverpool more jobs!’… and then they cut me off the camera!